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Introduction to the 2007 Edition ofEconomics in One LessonWriting this introduction is a labor of love for me. You know howwomen sometimes say to each other “This dress is you! ” Well,this book is me! This was the first book on economics that just jumpedout and grabbed me. I had read a few before, but they were boring.Very boring. Did I mention boring? In sharp contrast, Economics in OneLesson grabbed me by the neck and never ever let me go. I first read itin 1963. I don’t know how many times I have reread it since then.Maybe, a half-dozen times in its entirety, and scores of times, partially,since I always use it whenever I teach introductory economics courses.I am still amazed at its freshness. Although the first editionappeared in 1946, apart from a mere few words in it (for example, itholds up to ridicule the economic theories of Eleanor Roosevelt, aboutwhich more below) its chapter headings appear as if they were rippedfrom today’s headlines. Unless I greatly miss my guess, this will still betrue in another 60 years from now, namely in 2068. Talk about a bookfor the ages. Other books on Austrian economics, too, are classics, andwill be read as long as man is still interested in the subject. Mises’sHuman Action and Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State come to mind inthis regard. But those are epic tomes, numbering in the hundreds ofpages. This little book of Hazlitt’s is merely an introduction, written,specifically, for the beginner. I wonder of how many introductions to avii